Unit 2 Topic 1 Study Guide

Which phrase best describes the event shown in the political cartoon?

• passing the Bill of Rights

• expansion of voting rights

• ratifying the U.S. Constitution

• creating a bicameral legislature

What is one purpose of this excerpt?

• to show weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

• to describe the need for a separate bill of rights

• to explain whom the U.S. government is for and by

• to celebrate the work of the Constitutional Convention

Which evidence from the excerpt supports your response in question 2? Select the two correct answers.

• “We the People of the United States”

• “promote the general Welfare”

• “and secure the Blessings of Liberty”

• “in Order to form a more perfect Union”

• “do ordain and establish this Constitution”

Which term best replaces the question mark?

• Self-Government

• Federalism

• Natural Rights

• Rights of the Individual

Use the excerpt to answer the question. These great Writers however, will convince any Man who has the Fortitude to read them, that all good Government is Republican: that the only valuable Part of the British Constitution is so; for the true Idea of a Republic, is “An Empire of Laws and not of Men”: and therefore as a Republic is the best of Governments so, that particular Combination of Power, which is best contrived for a faithfull Execution of the Laws, is the best of Republics. . . .

• “the true Idea of a Republic, is ‘An Empire of Laws and not of Men’”

• “which is best contrived for a faithfull Execution of the Laws”

• “all good Government is Republican”

• “and therefore as a Republic is the best of Governments so”

Use the table to answer the question. | ? | |-----------------------------| | • Defines the relationship between the states, their laws, and equal treatment of citizens | | • Explains how new states are added to the Union | | • ? | Which point completes the list?

• Describes how the Constitution can be changed

• Guarantees a republican form of government in the states

• Protects the states from invasion by the federal government

• Explains the process for adopting the Constitution

In comparing men to angels, what point is James Madison making?

• that humans aspire to govern like angels

• that humans cannot be fully depended on to govern themselves or each other

• that humans mirror the perfect behaviors of angels

• that humans can do away with government after reforming their nature

In the passage, what is meant by “such devices”?

• separation of powers

• limited government

• unalienable rights

• checks and balances

Use the diagram and excerpt to answer the question.

• The distribution of state powers must necessarily reflect that of federal powers.

• If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

• Government is the greatest of all reflections on human nature.

• Experience has taught mankind the necessity of precautions.

Use the excerpt to answer the question. In a Community consisting of large Numbers, inhabiting an extensive Country, it is not possible that the whole Should assemble, to make Laws. The most natural Substitute for an Assembly of the whole, is a Delegation of Power, from the Many, to a few of the most wise and virtuous. . . . As the Representative Assembly, should be an exact Portrait, in Miniature, of the People at large, as it should think, feel, reason and act like them great Care should be taken in the Formation of it, to prevent unfair, partial and corrupt Elections. . . . That the Representatives may often mix with their Constituents, and frequently render to them an Account of their Stewardship, Elections ought to be frequent. . . . The Governor, by and with and not without the Advice and Consent of Council, should appoint all Judges, Justices and all other Officers civil and military, who should have Commissions Signed by the Governor and under the Seal of the Colony. —John Adams’s Letter to John Penn, 1776

• separation of powers

• representative democracy

• checks and balances

• limited government